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Well you know I did! I must admit though part of my commitment hinged on avoiding embarrassment - I was included in the USA Today Happy Ever After blog for the entire month, which included updates on a group of writers Nanowrimo progress...

It was my first time, and I won! I actually hit 50k on November 8 and finished at just under 79k on November 14. I loved it.

And it's NOT the worst thing I ever wrote. Yeah, it needs work, and I In fact, it's inspired me to come back to my most recent worst failure and fix it, too. (Here's hoping.)

Oh! The other reason November was pretty much the best month ever in my career--remember way back when, when we did Log Line #1 for my book (FBI agent undercover as a Catholic priest)? It was picked up a month ago :D . Scheduled for release in 2013!

Thanks and congratulations to all. I like that I can fix it. Yes. That's what the rest of the year is for, fixing it. Gotta love revising and self-editing. Funny how I spend 1/12 of the year first drafting and 11/12 fixing.

Denny, congratulations on being in the article. Very interesting premise in one sentence.

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